The Madness of Central Banks: One need not have a PhD in economics to recognize that negative interest rates are financial lunacy. Who in their right mind would actually pay someone to take out a loan? But negative interest rates are far worse than that. By eradicating interest...See more

Mish: Negative Interest Rates Are Socio-Political Poison

The financial system is absurd if we have to explain to the children that money has a negative value - and thus debt is good, because you may not have to repay everything...

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Sep 24 2019 · 10:54 AM

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